I drew the letter I wanted onto the paper in pencil then erased it so there was only a faint line where the lead used to be. (The paper is totally upside down in this picture. It was part of my creative process :p )
Then after a long disagreement with my glue gun, I finally made amends. I got to work gluing the buttons down to the paper. The colors aren't really showing up right in the pictures. I don't think it looks as random shades as the picture makes it out to be but maybe!
It didn't turn out quite how I had imagined in my head. But I still like it.
Then I made one for Jon using more "manly" colors. I tried a different method of randomly gluing the larger buttons on all over the page and then adding the smaller ones in. It seems to have worked a bit better. Jon claims this one is waaayyy nicer than the "C" one. I think he's biased.
Now I just need to get some frames for them and they're ready to go in our room.
I made one more. It'll probably go in the doorway or office.
So now I'm in love! Seriously! I need to scour all the garage sales I can this summer to acquire a lot more buttons! Do you have a favorite button craft? I'd love some more ideas!
They're so cute!! If I were even vaguely crafty, I'd probably make something like this. Given my complete lack of artistic ability, it's probably best that I don't...
ReplyDeleteRandom memory - I spent a very happy two days as a kid dividing my mother's button box into colours!
Oh, they are gorgeous! What a cute idea!!
ReplyDeleteI pinned something very similar to that. Only it was an A. I think yours turned out great!
ReplyDeletehaha I don't have much of artistic ability. so if I can do it you can do it! I used to play with my mom's button jar when I was little! Fun memories!
ReplyDeleteI think I pinned the A picture too! I was sort of trying to take inspiration from both. But I like how the A had them on top each other. I couldn't quite get that to look right.
ReplyDeleteThanks! It's a cute way to add color to a wall eh?
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